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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Pelecopsis  Simon, 1864   41 species

Pelecopsis monsantensis  Bosmans & Crespo, 2010

Description

Prosoma orange-brown, somewhat paler at margins. Prosoma length: 0.75 mm, prosoma width: 0.71 mm. Sternum smooth. Legs yellowish-orange. Opisthosoma dark grey, with dark purplish brown scutum covering 9/10 of opisthosoma.

Body length male: 2.0 mm
Additional information

In tree hollows

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Portugal, Spain
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
winter active
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019; Barrientos et al., 2020b) |||
References

Barrientos J A, Hernández-Corral J, Micó E (2020b) Linyphiidae (Araneae) inhabiting hollow oaks in Mediterranean forests: new descriptions and temporal distribution of remarkable species. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 97-107 pdf

Bosmans R, Cardoso P, Crespo L C (2010) A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 2473: 1-67 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
23-04-2020 Image insert
11-04-2020 Distribution update Detail
11-04-2020 Distribution insert Detail
17-12-2013 Datasheet update Detail
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